| Author | Subject: Labor secretary under fire from Senators |
| Webmaster | Posted At 15:47:50 04/28/2001
Lawmakers scolded Labor secretary Elaine Chao at a hearing Thursday saying they were angry that she could not lay out plans or a deadline for new workplace safety rules. It's not enough to say "We're going to be looking at it," Sen Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, My questions is: When are you going to set a deadline?. The Senate subcommittee hearing was called to explore new federal regulations to help reduce repetitive strain injuries and similiar muscular disorders in the workplace throught ergonomice, a science that attempts to adapt working conditions to suit individual employees. Congress repealed the Clinton administrations rules last month in a bitter legislative battle using the never before used Congressional Review Act. President Bush signed the repel, sought by business groups that said the rules were to far reaching and costly. |
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